Tenants sued landlord, seeking correction of elevator conditions at the building. The court ruled for tenants. Violation status reports showed three open ECB violations placed by DOB. Two of these were non-hazardous...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to maintain fire safety measures during construction. DOB's inspector found that landlord used a kitchen as a storage room for construction materials and...
DOB issued five violation notices to landlord for failure to maintain a building in a safe and code-compliant manner. DOB's inspector found unpermitted work in the building's basement, including erected...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failure to maintain a building in a code-compliant manner. DOB's inspector observed obstruction of egress on the building's fourth-floor landing to the roof by...
DOB issued multiple violation notices to landlord for altering a residence for occupancy by more than the legally authorized number of families, in violation of the building's Certificate of Occupancy, and...
DOB issued two violations to landlord of a two-family dwelling for permitting its tenants to conduct short-term rentals of the premises. The NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) affirmed the...
Tenant started an HP case against landlord in housing court, seeking repairs, restoration of a removed stove, and correction of building violations. Tenant had moved into the basement apartment in January 2020. After...
Tenants and the City of New York sued landlord for offering improper short-term rentals at an Upper West Side building. All parties entered into a court-ordered settlement by which landlord agreed to comply with the...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failure to maintain building walls and appurtenances. DOB's inspector found peeling paint and plaster at the building entrance and entrance staircase. Large pieces of...
DOB issued four violations to landlord for occupancy contrary to that allowed by DOB records, failure to maintain the premises in a code-compliant manner, and failure to provide fire alarms. DOB's inspector...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to provide window protection for an adjoining building during exterior construction work at its building. Landlord argued that, since her building was a two-...
DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for unlawfully continuing work at a building while on notice of a stop-work (SWO). DOB's inspector found three workers painting walls at the first floor of the building,...
